The Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund was established in 2003 by the South Australian Premier,

Mike Rann Michael David Rann, , (born 5 January 1953) is an Australian former politician who was the 44th premier of South Australia from 2002 to 2011. He was later Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2014, and Australian am ...

, to boost the local production of films. When the American festival director

Peter Sellars Peter Sellars (born September 27, 1957) is an American theatre director, noted for his unique contemporary stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays. Sellars is professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where ...

was director of the 2002

Adelaide Festival of Arts The Adelaide Festival of Arts, also known as the Adelaide Festival, an arts festival, takes place in the South Australian capital of Adelaide in March each year. Started in 1960, it is a major celebration of the arts and a significant cultural ...

, he commissioned five films. Four of those films won awards, including '' The Tracker'', ''

Beneath Clouds ''Beneath Clouds'' is a 2002 film by Indigenous Australian director Ivan Sen. It is the feature film debut by the two lead actors. Damian Pitt was approached by Sen on the streets of Moree, New South Wales, and had never acted before. Dannielle ...

'' and '' Walking on Water''. That success prompted the State Government to provide the

Adelaide Film Festival The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF, formerly ADLFF) is film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented biennially in March from 2003, since 2013 AFF has been held in October ...

(AFF) with a production investment fund, which the AFF administers. Up to $1,000,000 is made available over a two-year period.Adelaide Film Festival
, ''About''. Retrieved 10 February 2015. The Adelaide Film Festival Board selects projects, based on recommendations from the Festival Director, and the slate of pictures produced premieres at the event. To date, the Investment Fund has invested in seventy-two projects, including features, documentaries, short films and new media projects. These projects have won 70 international and 130 national awards. Adelaide remains one of the few festivals worldwide with an investment fund.

Purpose

The Adelaide Film Festival aims to support the projects of strong creative teams. It uses creative criteria such as bold and innovative storytelling, and also requires projects to contribute culturally and economically to South Australia. These projects will bring development opportunities, branding opportunities, or partnerships with national and international organisations. They should have potential to raise the profile of South Australia.

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

In 2011, the

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hosted a week-long festival of Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund films (from 7 to 13 April 2011). The MoMA week was a salute to the

and the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, "a testament to its vision and success in realising some of the most unique, creative, interesting, challenging and entertaining Australian films of the recent past."IF.com
(24 January 2011) ''MOMA to host Adelaide Film Festival Fund films''. Retrieved 10 February 2015.MoMA
''Adelaide Produces''. Retrieved 10 February 2015. The program included '' Look Both Ways'', ''

Ten Canoes ''Ten Canoes'' is a 2006 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starring Crusoe Kurddal. The title of the film arose from discussions between de Heer and David Gulpilil about a photograph of ten canoeists poling ...

'', ''

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'', ''Stunt Love'', ''

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'', '' Last Ride'', ''

My Year Without Sex ''My Year Without Sex'' is an Australian drama film written and directed by Sarah Watt, opening the 2009 Adelaide Film Festival and given wider release in May 2009. Set in Altona (suburban Melbourne), it is about a 30-something couple, Ross an ...

'' and ''Mrs. Carey’s Concert''.

Hive Production FUND + LAB

In 2011, the

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TV Arts & Entertainment and the

joined forces to create the Hive Production Fund. The inaugural FUND supported the projects ''The Boy Castaways'' by Michael Kantor, ''I Want to Dance Better at Parties'' by Matthew Bate, and ''Tender'' by

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. The LAB is run in partnership between the

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Screen Australia Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Screen Australia Act 2008''. From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecess ...

, ABC Arts and

South Australian Film Corporation South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Studios are managed ...

. A unique workshop environment, it fosters new opportunities for artists working in theatre, art, dance and other non-cinematic fields to collaborate with traditional screen practitioners. The LAB encourages art form cross-pollination – between practitioners, and between processes and creative approaches. The third and final LAB will run during the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival.

Sundance Institute

Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund collaborates with Sundance Institute’s New Frontier program to identify potential opportunities for Australian artists and filmmakers to present new media work at future editions of the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

.South Australian Film Corporation
(5 February 2015) ''Sundance Institute and Adelaide Film Festival Collaborate to Support Australian New Media Artists''. Retrieved 10 February 2015. New Frontier at Sundance Institute is a dynamic initiative intended to identify and foster independent artists working at the convergence of film, art, media, live performance, music and technology. Since 2007, the New Frontier exhibition at the Sundance Film Festival has provided the highest level of curation in the emerging field, incorporating fiction, non-fiction and hybrid projects to showcase transmedia storytelling, multi-media installations, performances and films. It has a long presentation association of Australian work, including

’s ''Evolution of Fearlessness'' and ''Coral: Rekindling Venus''; Matthew Bate’s ''

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''; and

Closer Productions Closer Productions is a film and television production company founded by filmmakers Sophie Hyde and Bryan Mason in Adelaide, South Australia, in January 2004. It is known for award-winning feature films such as '' 52 Tuesdays'' (2013) and ''A ...

Purpose

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Hive Production FUND + LAB

Sundance Institute

Past projects

References

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